Paper box



(No Model.)

E. L. STEELE & L. W. RICH.

PAPER BOX.

No. 585,320. Patented June 29, 1897.

TATES A'rrnir Enron.

ELBERT LEROY STEELE AND LYMAN VVETHERELL RICH, OF SPENCER, MASSACHUSETTS.

PA P E R B O X SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,320, dated June 29, 1897. Application filed September 4, 1896- Serial No. 604,881. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELBERT LEROY STEELE and LYMAN WETHEEELL Bron, citizens of the United States, and residents of Spencer, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Boxes,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever found throughout the several views.

This invention relates to improvements in paper boxes for carrying, packing, and shipping eggs; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and which is composed of pasteboard, cardboard, or similar material and which is provided with transverse and longitudinal partitions, whereby the box is divided into a number of separate compartments, each of which is adapted to receive an egg, said box being composed of one piece and said partitions being composed of separate transverse partitions which are connected with two parallel longitudinal partitions which are formed integrally and connected with one end of the box.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which our improved box is made; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the box completed with the lid or cover raised and showing the partitions therein; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the box closed, and Fig. 4 a plan view of the partitions detached.

In the practice of our invention we cut from a suitable sheet of cardboard, pasteboard, or similar material the blank shown in Fig. 1, which consists of two separate similar parts 5 and 6, which are connected by a central portion 7, and the outer ends of the parts 5 and 6 are provided with two triangular notches or recesses 8, by means of which a central folding end piece 9 is formed and triangular corner-pieces 10.

The corners of the folding end pieces 9 are cut away diagonally, as shown at 11, and each of the parts 5 and 6 is provided with a transverse dotted line 12 at the base of the folding end pieces and the corner-pieces 10, and also with two longitudinal dotted lines 13, which are in line with the ends of the central portion 7. The parts 14, separated from part 6 by the dotted lines 13, are designed to form the sides of the box, and the sides of the cover thereof, as hereinafter described, and said parts 5 and 6 are also provided with trans verse dotted lines 15.

The body portion of one of the parts 5 and (5 is designed to form the bottom of the box and the body portion of other part to form the top of the cover thereof, and in forming the box the blank shown in Fig. 1 is first folded on one of the dotted lines 15 and then on the other dotted line 15, so as to bring the body portions of the parts 5 and 6 parallel, after which the sides 14 on each part are folded at right angles to the body portion thereof, so as to form the sides of the bottom and the cover, and the end portions 9 are then folded at right angles to the body portion and the corner-pieces 10 in the same manner, and said corner-pieces and the end pieces 9 are connected by strips 16, which are sealed thereto with mucilage or other suitable material.

Instead of forming the box as above described the sides and ends of the body portion thereof and the cover may first be formed, after which the parts will be folded on the lines 15, as described. The first fold along the line 15 brings the central portion 7 into a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, and the second fold will bring the parts 5 and 6 parallel and close the box, the cover fitting down over the body portion thereof, and it will be observed that the body portion of the box is exactly the same in form and size as the cover, and the sides 14 of the cover fit over the sides 14 of the body portion, and one end of the cover fits over the corresponding end of the body portion, and thus securely closes the box, while the opposite end is composed of the central portion 7.

The body of the box is divided, preferably, into twelve compartments by means of three parallel transverse partitions 17 and two parallel longitudinal partitions 18, and the longitndinal partitions 18 are connected at one end by a cross-piece 19, which is formed in tegrally therewith, and said partitions are also composed of cardboard, paper, or similar material, and are connected by means of transverse slots formed therein in the usual manner, whereby the partitions are caused to interlock. Before connecting the transverse partitions with the longitudinal partitions the strips from which said longitudinal partitions are formed are passed through one of the slits 20, formed in the end portion 7, and then bent crosswise to form the transverse part 19, and then backwardly through the other slit 20, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and by means of this arrangement the partitions are always retained in the body of the box or casin g, and when the top or cover is folded baokwardly it will lie flat or parallel with the body portion, and the partitions will rise with the end portion 7, and the eggs will be left in the body portion of the box and may be easily removed therefrom without the necessity of removing each egg separately from the compartment in which it is placed.

This device is simple in construction and operation and perfectly adapted to acc0mplish the result for which it is intended and also comparatively inexpensive, and it is particularly adapted for use by grocers and others in sending a small number of eggs to their customers.

Our improved box may also be employed for carrying and shipping fruit, such as oranges, pears, peaches, lemons, and similar fruits, and it will be apparent that our invention is not limited to the number of the partitions employed or to the chambers or compartments formed thereby.

Having fully described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A box. composed of cardboard, pasteboard, or similar material, the body portion, the cover, and the sides and ends being formed from a single sheet, one of the ends being connected with the bottom of the body portion and the top of the cover, and being adapted to fold outwardly with said cover, two longitudinal partition-plates which are composed of the same material, and which are formed integrally, the strip from which said partitions are formed being passed outwardly through the end which connects the body portion of the box, and the top of the cover, and then passed backwardly through said end, and the transverse partitions being connected with said longitudinal partitions, substantially as shown and described.

2. The herein-described box, the same consisting of a body portion, and a cover formed from a single sheet, one of the ends of the box being connected with the cover and the bottom of the box, and being adapted to be folded outwardly with the cover, and longitudinal and transverse partitions which are connected as described so as to form a plurality of compartments in said box, said 1011- gitudin al partitions being connected with the end of the box which is adapted to be folded outwardly, and with which the cover is also connected, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 28th day of August, 1896.

.ELBERT LEROY STEELE.

LYMAN NETHERELL RICH. Vitnesses:

Gnonen AZEL CRAIG, HERMAN E. Bonn. 

